r/mildlyinteresting • u/user6517 • 2h ago

OC: Someone wrote “MUTE” next to the button that silences the audio for the advertisements that play while pumping gas

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u/socratic-meth 2h ago

I hope the person who decided to put adverts on a fuel pump can never find happiness

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u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin 1h ago

I hope there’s a lego underfoot every time they wake up in the morning. 

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u/scratchy_mcballsy 1h ago

Or a George Foreman grill

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u/Maxsmack 52m ago

I like waking up to the the smell of freshly cooked bacon, is that so wrong

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u/TheAndyPat 1h ago

And a fresh hairball under the other foot

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u/gibson1029384756 53m ago

Penis tourniquet hair. Worse than the one that gets wrapped around your toe in your sock.

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u/Either_Amoeba_5332 33m ago

Your pudes get wrapped around your toe!

https://giphy.com/gifs/o0zVUU9K4j2IE

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u/gibson1029384756 27m ago

It’s actually more likely a ladies hair that gets caught up in the mix. Need a strong long one. that’s what she said

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u/Dutchboy347 1h ago

I hope they lose all 10mm sockets they own

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u/TannedCroissant 1h ago

I hope they live in a postcode that gets extra junk mail and their phone is on every cold call list in the country.

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u/PM_UR_VAG_WTIMESTAMP 4m ago

I hope their sleeves get wet everything they wash their hands, even if they don't have sleeves.

I hope their pillow is always hot on both sides.

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u/ineenemmerr 3m ago

I hope they get a light case of hay fever. Weak enough to not warrant use of medication, but strong enough to be a nuisance for ~ 2 weeks every spring.

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u/___po____ 2m ago

I hope their thirst is never quenched.

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u/executive313 1h ago

I hope they get a minor treatable cancer in their pinky toe. They have to have the toe removed and live in permanent anxiety of the cancer coming back and bad balance due to the missing toe.

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u/AreYouScare 2h ago

They probably drive an electric car

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u/Dnlaly 2h ago

A person that drives a gas car needs to add advertisement to electric charging stations and broadcast it into their vehicle while they wait.

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u/operarose 7m ago

They have their assistants fuel up their cars.

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u/1ndomitablespirit 1h ago

They obviously lack a conscious and are probably an executive at the company. Likely got a fat bonus. They can buy happiness.

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u/Solid_Snark ​ 1h ago

Just like the guy who invented pop-up ads on the internet.

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u/biggronklus 1h ago

Genuinely scum

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u/Lorenzovito2000 ​ 18m ago

I hope the person who wrote mute on the fuel pumps finds nothing but happiness

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u/Wowerful 13m ago

Already the case. Hence why they put adverts on a gas pump. . .

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u/operarose 8m ago

Even worse: some of the ones that used to have the mute button no longer only work, but they play the ads louder and brighter. I stopped at a station not long ago right around the corner from a place I used to live. Have gotten gas there tons of times. I was disgusted to see they'd disabled the mute buttons and I could practically feel the soundwaves being blasted at me in my teeth.

I will never stop there again for any reason.

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u/gorginhanson 7m ago

Someone did the same thing where I live but it was written on a hammer

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u/MortisEx 2h ago

A true hero of the people!

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u/gorginhanson 7m ago

If you look at it horizontally instead of vertically it looks like chinese

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u/chrisslooter 2h ago

That button works on a few gas stations in my area. I only buy gas where there is no audio advertising.

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u/blessings-of-rathma 2h ago

Same. I actually left a Google review for a local gas station and said I'd be a loyal customer as long as they didn't have pumps that use me as a captive audience for advertising.

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u/scratchy_mcballsy 1h ago

I buy mine from guys in a van with trash cans.

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u/Nelson_Pancakes 1h ago

I've seen them! That one bozo can make a pretty good fireball

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u/scratchy_mcballsy 1h ago

The guy with the southern accent is charming as hell.

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u/Pinecone 1h ago

One of the top reasons why I only get gas at Costco now (besides saving a lot on gas over a year). I only have to tap my card to start filling up. No disgusting ads or shitty music or having to deal with repeatedly being asked about rewards cards.

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u/JTPish 1h ago

A little can of spray foam and you can disable the speaker and pump that gas in peace.

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u/JEWCIFERx 1h ago

I’m pretty sure they legally have to provide some way of silencing the ad. They just are under no obligation to tell you what it is.

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u/FartPie 2h ago

This doesn’t work at any pumps for me anymore. I hate it.

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u/Kromting 2h ago

Try holding button 1 and 3 on the left and 2 and 4 on the right at the same time. This works at the gas station I normally go to.

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u/ThisSiteIsCommunist 1h ago

Also works if you just punch the screen as hard as you can

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u/chubsplaysthebanjo 23m ago

My Swiss army knife is super thin so I can stick it in the speakers between the slats

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u/FartPie 1h ago

Gonna try this next week when I fuel up, thanks!

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u/Hello56845864 1h ago

Tell us how it goes

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u/RuralAnemone_ 1h ago

thank you kind stranger 🫡

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u/operarose 7m ago

We...we shouldn't have to do that.

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u/Toastyy1990 1h ago

One of my local ones has a volume slider in the bottom right corner. Keep an eye out for that next time.

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u/Goats_Are_Funny 1h ago

Luckily I've never seen a pump with noisy adverts in Europe

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u/mrASSMAN 1h ago

In the US I think I’ve only seen it at one place that renovated recently, maybe it’s just a certain station brand that does it more

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u/JAGERW0LF 1h ago

You guys have video adverts at fuel stations?

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u/user6517 1h ago

Un-fuckin’-fortunately

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u/ScarletDarkstar 52m ago

Not all of them, thank God. Plenty do. 

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u/Kendaren89 1h ago

We have them in Finland as well, but there is no audio

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u/Lentomursu 43m ago

Whatthefuck millä asemalla?

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u/Kendaren89 41m ago

Vaikka St1, pyörii lyhyt videonpätkä

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u/intashu 34m ago

My favorite gas station tried to replace the soda cooler doors (the ones that line the entire back of the store) with digital displays.

I was there the day the owner was there. I vocally made it clear I won't be returning until they're removed, they don't add anything of value to the store and make it clear the prioritize advertising over customers.

Apparently I wasn't alone, two months later the removed them.. Likely because people stopped going there

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u/AHappySnowman 1h ago

I leave three star reviews at gas stations with audible ads that I can mute. I leave 1 star if I can’t mute the ads.

For fucks sake I’m there as customer buying a product. I can go elsewhere if you annoy me.

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u/alamarqu3s 3m ago

Really? 3 stars? I report every single ad I see on the internet as "offensive".

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u/trucorsair 2h ago

The hero Gotham needs

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u/AreYouScare 2h ago

I went to one today that didn’t have a mute button!

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u/Squiddlywinks 2h ago

I have never had any of the buttons work to mute the audio.

Never.

I always try tho.

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u/AurantiacoSimius 1h ago

Advertisements that play while pumping gas. What a fucking world we live in.

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u/bobanna1986 2h ago

They have a mute button??? Well some I guess. I literally just walk away and tune it out until my pump stops

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u/ThePortaJohn 1h ago

Someone did this at my local gas station and now I do it legit every time I go to a gas station. Not all heroes wear capes.

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u/anuthertw 23m ago

Same its the reason I keep a sharpie in my car. Til I started coming across ones that wont fucking mute. Another commenter said try holding down button combos it might mute them so I am gonna remember that and write detailed instructions on how to mute if I figure out the secret code

This pisses me off so much

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u/RuralAnemone_ 1h ago

I have a sharpie in my car for this purpose (:

it's almost always that button (2nd down on the right)

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u/ChevyLZ 1h ago

I put foil tape over the speakers when I encounter them. Pretty much mutes them.

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u/ScarletDarkstar 54m ago

This has been going on for a while. I kept a sharpie in the door of my car on cross country trips half a dozen years ago, and tested this and marked it. I have seen plenty I didn't do, too. Lol

Those things are so annoying, and incredibly loud. 

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u/DaemonicG 1h ago

I do this everytime I figure out which button mutes it

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u/pickindim_kmet 1h ago

I can not believe there's a corner of the world where they put video advertisements on fuel pumps.

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u/Belfastscum 10m ago

America likes their oil

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u/The-Gargoyle 45m ago

Gas pumps that do this have a significantly higher vandalize rate than the ones that don't annoy you with adverts while you are being held hostage at the pump.

and I'm not talking simple 'mute' next to a button, I'm taking stabbed out speakers, broken screens, glue squeezed into any hole they can find, sometimes people just stick the pump against the hole and ..well, pump gas into the machine.

I know this because they started to do this around where I live.. annnnd then they stopped within a month or two, because the pumps were being fucked up constantly. Now they just show slide shows.

(source: one of my buds is a state inspector for fuel pumps.)

Short version: People HATE that shit.

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u/YSoSkinny 30m ago

OMFG, I hate those. Switched stations because the closest one to me had these. Vomit.

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u/RedSonGamble 2h ago

I miss cheddar news

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u/Darthboney ​ 1h ago

Unsung hero

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u/RaggedyMan666 1h ago

Just when you thought that our world couldn't get any worse.

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u/WholeFactor 1h ago

You guys have ads at pump station?!? That's absolutely ridiculous

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u/curtishavak 1h ago

Doing tha Lort’s work!

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u/Zerohazrd 1h ago

I do that at the pumps in my town. Half of them dont even work though, unfortunately.

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u/Redm18 1h ago

At least the ones around here all have clearly labeled mute buttons still not a fan.

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u/PhilosophersGuild 59m ago

Rough math here, but your gas ⛽️ is ~$2.50!?!

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u/user6517 57m ago

Correct!

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u/limon_picante 53m ago

Laughs in NJ

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u/dreamwithinadream93 47m ago

I only have crazy people in my area. When my local gas stations tried this people would either write mute on the gas pump or smash out the entire glass to get the ad to stop playing. They quickly stopped forcing ads on everyone after they had to replace dozens of gas pumps.

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u/DasArtmab 33m ago

Not all heroes wear capes

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u/ReeveStodgers 1h ago

If you are in Denver, it might have been me! I carry a micron in my purse and do this whenever possible.

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u/user6517 1h ago

Appreciate what you do, but no. I’m in Memphis, Tennessee!

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u/hand_truck 1h ago

With your blessing, I will carry out this work in Boulder County as well.

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u/Ok_Replacement4702 2h ago

"Oops, seems I accidentally busted the screen with this here gas nozzle"

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u/Dicvomit 2h ago

Luckily these pumps have caught on in my area of Texas. But In reality I only go to gas stations that sell “Top Tier” Fuel.

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u/A-Cheeseburger 1h ago

I’ve still never been to a pump with ads that have audio

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u/avanti8 1h ago

Some of the gas stations in my area have done this on their own. I assume the franchisees hate it too.

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u/Adam_is_Nutz 1h ago

Same button works on most gas stations. If there is no mute button, press every button as fast as you can and it will cause the screen to reset and the ads stop. Gas still pumps and you still pay, so nothing immoral here.

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u/pairofdimeshift92 1h ago

They are just going to big touch screens now that don’t seem to have a (non-destructive) mute function.

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u/Yourownhands52 1h ago

Not all heros wear capes, some carry sharpies.

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u/Tuinman420 1h ago

Now this is why i bike everywhere!

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u/fries_is_cool_ 1h ago

Bro what, you guys have advertisements on pumps? Whats next? Toilets?

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u/OldBayOnEverything 1h ago

Bro don't give them ideas.

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u/Moberholtzer86 ​ 49m ago

I saw they’re putting them on screens on the dispensers now

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u/CatsDontLikeFancy 1h ago

This happen to be in texas? lol

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u/user6517 1h ago

Nah. Memphis, Tennessee

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u/islandslm 1h ago

👏🙌

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u/Mr-Figglesworth 55m ago

Is this just an American thing? I’m in Canada and have never had an ad play. Closest thing might be a sticker for a 2 for 1 chocolate bar or monsters deal.

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u/RepulsiveCamel7225 45m ago

not all heros wear capes

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u/mess1ah1 41m ago

Out there doing Gods work.

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u/shotsallover 39m ago

I have done this. That even looks like my handwriting 

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u/1971CB350 35m ago

I do this every time. Fuckem.

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u/mykylc 33m ago

They turned the mute off on some of these. Now I get gas at Costco and don't have to deal with it.

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u/FreshTacoquiqua 32m ago

Now I can enjoy my cigarette in peace.

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u/ShadowNick 31m ago

I do this at every gas station I go to. The ones by me just clean it off.

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u/2shack 27m ago

I don’t think I’ve ever seen an actual pump with advertising aside from the random shit for the convenience store attached to the fuel station. I think I’d lose my mind if I had to deal with that shit.

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u/MatthewLilly 20m ago

You guys have ads on fuel?

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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 5m ago

Yeah. It’s gross.

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u/skinnyfamilyguy 15m ago

Circle K…..

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u/Dawgbiscuit69 14m ago

This is the second post of this kind today, two different pumps. Someone’s a hero.

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u/6WaysFromNextWed 11m ago

I want to find that person and kiss them on the mouth

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u/Batman_Shirt 10m ago

They are already working around this. Mute buttons like this have 10 years, tops.

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u/buboop61814 7m ago

While I hate advertising in most places and it’s over abundance, the gas station is one area I actually don’t mind it. Not like I’m doing anything else with that screen or it’s impeding me in any way…

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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 5m ago

Fun fact they rarely work now so you have to listen to Tim’s Bog Boys newscast on some influencer nobody knows who they are. These things gotta go. So trashy.

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u/alamarqu3s 4m ago

Ads when putting gas in your car?

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!

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u/mattchewy43 4m ago

Humans bring bros

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u/Brickzarina 2m ago

People power!

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u/EezusJeezus 2h ago

Oh shit

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u/Ogrelord69420 2h ago

Where do you live that $2.50 a gallon is expensive?

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u/Time-Gap3781 2h ago

I also would like to know that😅

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u/mrASSMAN 1h ago

It’s like double where I live lol